On this week’s show, Stephen and I take a long walk with The Hobbit (and some trolls, goblins and orcs). Was it worth the journey? You can also read my review here. Then we revisit our conversation with Will Ferrell and Zach Galifianakis, whose political comedy The Campaign is new to DVD and Blu-ray. Listen up right here, and subscribe on iTunes or we’ll sic Smaug on you. (That’s the dragon).

We got star power for you this week. First we visit with Will Ferrell and Zach Galifianakis for a talk about the new political comedy The Campaign (and other stuff that pops into their heads). Then we shift gears for an interview with Jeremy Renner, star of the excellent new spy movie The Bourne Legacy, who discusses how weird it can get as a newly minted movie star. Listen up right here, and don’t forget to subscribe on iTunes.

Actors Will Ferrell and Zach Galifianakis’ mock Whistle Stop Tour blew into Dallas Tuesday night. On what is doubtlessly the most fun tour of this election season, the two comedians are barnstorming the country to promote the Aug. 10 release of their movie The Campaign.

About 9 p.m., Ferrell and Galifianakis strolled triumphantly into Al Biernat’s steakhouse on Oak Lawn with medals around their necks. They just arrived from St. Louis and proudly announced that the Missouri city had proclaimed Tuesday as “Zach and Will Day.”

In the film, Ferrell plays binge-drinking, womanizing congressman Cam Brady who has never faced an actual opponent. Galifianakis plays the somewhat effeminate political neophyte, Marty Huggins, who challenges him for his seat.